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Mandatory Health Appointments for Folks in NYC?

Mandatory Health Appointments for Folks in NYC?

The New York Daily News printed an article this week stating the NYC Health Department, in association with everybody’s favorite nanny: Mayer Bloomberg, is going to be rolling out an initiative to schedule health appointments for citizens. From the original article:

Not sure if it’s time to get your blood pressure checked? Don’t worry, the city [...]

My Thank You To Obama’s Supporters

My Thank You To Obama’s Supporters

My family and I would like to extend a big “THANK YOU!” to the American people that elected Obama in office. Yes I’m really saying this, and no I’m not being sarcastic. As a cancer survivor, and subsequently as someone who has spent more time in a doctor’s office the past 5 years that some [...]

Harry Reid Is Sentencing 210,240 Americans To Die

Harry Reid Is Sentencing 210,240 Americans To Die

Harry Reid made a very interesting statement yesterday from the floor of the Senate, and I quote:
“Much of our attention this year has been consumed by this health care debate. And a Harvard study found that 45,000 times this year – nearly 900 times every week, more than 120 times a day, on average every [...]

A Brief Thought For Senator Whitehouse.

A Brief Thought For Senator Whitehouse.

I don’t really think that Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (Democrat, Rhode Island) has his fingers on the pulse of the nation like a elected official should. Either that or he’s an ideologue who really does not have the country’s best interest at heart. Neither would surprise me.
On the Senate floor last week he made a [...]

Thoughts About Boobs [And Cancer, And Politics]

Thoughts About Boobs [And Cancer, And Politics]

And so it begins. The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force published new guidelines on breast cancer screening this week. Guidelines with complete disregard for medical advice from the American Cancer Society, The American Medical Association and the Nation Comprehensive Cancer network. The Wall Street Journal has the whole story and more details, so ladies, defiantly [...]

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